Representative [[William Wylie]] died in September 2010. District 21's seat will be filled by special election on 12/14/2010. <ref>[http://www.schousegop.com/blog/68]</ref>

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Representative [[William Wylie]] died in September 2010. District 21's seat will be filled by special election on 12/14/2010. <ref>[http://www.schousegop.com/blog/68 House GOP Blog, "Rep. Bill Wylie dies at reunion," September 13, 2010]</ref>

Campaign contributions

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state house in South Carolina in past years and the cumulative amount of dollars raised in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.[1]

Year

Number of candidates

Total contributions

2008

231

$8,365,255

2006

213

$7,658,515

2004

198

$4,940,969

2002

228

$5,440,606

Incumbency

Unopposed incumbents

50 incumbents (44%) face no competition in the November 2 general election and are thus, barring unforeseen circumstances, guaranteed re-election in November.

Retiring incumbents

Eleven incumbent representatives are not running for re-election, while 114 incumbents (91%) ran for re-election. Of the 11 incumbents who are not running for re-election, 2 are Democrats and 9 are Republican.

District 69

Note: Although Quinn received less than 50% in the primary (48.95%), the District 69 Republican race was not decided in a run-off because the State Election Commission declared him the winner after receiving withdrawal letters from his four Republican opponents.[3]